Mark Palen Email & Phone Number

Plainfield, Il, Us

Kennesaw, Georgia, Us

Team member on the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor project.

Hammond, In, Us

Lead Mechanical Engineer•Managed project design, interfaced with clients to develop scope, executed studies, and performed detailed engineering for refineries, steel mills, power stations, and chemical plants. •Designed underground gravity drained/ pressurized pipe for AMs new 80” steel mill Burns Harbor.• Designed installation of a new boiler and building for NRG’s Joliet, Illinois Generating Stations’ conversion from coal to natural gas. Included connecting two power stations with steam and water via a 1,600’ suspension bridge using Caesar II. Selected all equipment except boiler and electrical.•Designed coke gas piping to remove contaminants. Split compressors into banks, installed separators, drain piping, and modified existing support system piping at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor. Used Arrow for compressible fluids and Fathom for noncompressible fluid flows with Caesar II for pipe stress and support design. Selected equipment including separators, valves, piping, and instrumentation.•Designed 108” sluice gates, rack and pinion gears, shafts, and bearings for ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor water intake stations from Lake Michigan. Selected all materials and interfaced with machine shop to manufacture and test.•Modified pressurized deaerator tank for addition of new instrumentation. Modification included ASME BPVC Section VIII code compliance for inspection and stamping. •Designed heating and air conditioning for 80” hot strip motor and electrical basement at steel mill in East Chicago. Installation included selection of all equipment including three water cooled 175-ton air conditioners, heat exchangers, cooling coils, steam heating coils, filters, piping, valves, steam traps, piping supports, and filters. •Determined criteria for new turbines, pumps, impellers, and motors to 4 cross tied banks that contained 84 coke ovens each at Burns Harbor steel mill. Developed a Fathom model that included all coke ovens with 5 nozzles, pumps, and piping.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

Exelon – Dresden Nuclear Station, Morris, Illinois 2011-2012Nuclear Oversight Auditor •Performed regulatory audits at nuclear plants that included five sites and at a corporate office in Warrenville.•Audits included various topics from engineering, operations, maintenance, supplies, security, etc.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

•Worked in design and rapid response groups. Design group developed packages for long term equipment maintenance and plant enhancements. Rapid response group performed routine maintenance engineering items to resolve equipment issues like flange modifications, pipe support issues, and modifications of valves, piping, and other equipment. •Performed as station’s rigging expert and worked with in place work force for maintenance items and contractors during outages or large projects. Designed rigging to move spent fuel casks with spent fuel to train cars for long term storage. Planned rigging of pipe and equipment to assure adequate support for rigging materials and pipe is not overstressed using ANSYS and equipment and pipe for equipment maintenance and modification. •Evaluated piping and tanks for erosion and corrosion were based on equipment history, routine inspections, and focused UT inspections. Developed inspection maps then analyzed results for further action. •Designed piping and hanger systems, equipment installation specs, and repair modifications.

Hammond, In, Us

•Performed pipe stress analysis for large refinery addition using Caesar II at BP Whiting Indiana.•Designed high pressure hydrogen piping and support system using Caesar II at BP Whiting, Indiana.•Designed piping to increase sheet and tin mill productivity at Midwest Steel in Burns Harbor, Indiana.•Designed a chimney for sheet and tin mill at U.S. conversion from zinc to aluminum coating at ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor steel mill in East Chicago, Indiana.

Columbus, Oh, Us

• Nuclear Reactor Operator – monitored, operated, and performed surveillances on reactor plant primary and secondary mechanical and electrical systems for nine years. Supervised in-plant personnel.•QA Auditor – performed audits, root cause analysis, and investigated equipment reliability.•Procedure Writer and Clearance Writer – wrote procedures for equipment operation and wrote clearances to remove equipment from operation •Auxiliary Equipment Operator – operated the following in-plant equipment: generators, turbines, pumps, waste evaporators, emergency diesels, emergency boiler, HVAC, etc.

Washington, Dc, Us

Machinist Mate and Engineman•Section Leader – multi-discipline team supervisor for operating and testing new construction submarine.•Engine Room Supervisor – directed operation of submarine propulsion and support equipment.•Ship’s Machinist – fabricated emergency repair parts on a lathe, mill, and performed gas welding.•Diesel Repairman – operated and performed diesel repairs, inspections, and surveillances.•Secondary Chemist – maintained chemistry of secondary plant by analysis chemical additions.